Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39525, Thomas Fleeman, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Heeman, Thomas
NUMBER
S. 39535
CONTENTS

No. 4,780 Virginia Roll.
Thomas Alnran 4 Col Spottswood Va Private.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of October 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to Fleming Saunders Henry County Virginia.
Arrears to 4th of Mar ch 1819 40 00 Semi-annual allowance ending
@ 7.97 40 00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
2 years.
Continued Henry County.
New Certificate issued & forwarded to J. D. Watkins Leatherwood Va Jan 19 th 35
Death date not on A. B.
Notification sent 13 th July 1821, to Mr. Bedal Martinsville Va.

Endorse relating to a Pension
Copy
Admitted

State of Virginia Henry County S.S.
At a Superior Court of Law held for the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid On Monday the 5th Day of October 1875 —
This day Thomas Henson came into Court and made oath that he was enlisted by Lieutenant William Taylor of Orange County Virginia as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, to serve the term of two years, that he was attached to the 2nd Virginia Regiment which Regiment was commanded by Alexander Spottswood and attached to the Brigade commanded by General Woodhull, that he served and faithfully the term aforesaid, and that he recd his discharge at Valley Forge which discharge is in these words To Wit
This may Certify that Thomas Henson " in the 2nd " Colour Virginia Regiment has faithfully served his term of enlistment and " is hereby discharged from service my hand at Valley Forge the 10th Day of " March 1778.
Wm Stuart Commanding Genl. Woodhull Brigade
That he the said Thomas Henson was in the battle of Germantown that he is now in pecuniary Circumstances and in the 68th year of his age
And William Dishazo being also sworn saith that the aforesaid Thomas Henson resides in the County of Henry and State of Virginia that he is one of his neighbours, that he is a man of truth and good character, poor and needy, whereupon it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court from the foregoing Circumstances that the said Thomas Henson served two years as a soldier against the Common Enemy It is ordered that the foregoing indenture & proceedings be Certified to the War Department
Virginia Henry County To Wit
I Waller Reed Clerk of the Superior Court of the County aforesaid as hereby Certify

Certify that the foregoing is a true Transcript of the Record and Proceedings of the Superior Court of Law for the said County of Henry which I have hereunto set my hand this 9 th day of October 1878
Waller Riddick
I hereby Certify that I have No Seal of Office W. Riddick
Virginia Henry County to wit
I Fleming Saunders one of the judges of the General Court in Virginia, and also of the Superior Court of Law for the County aforesaid in the aforesaid State, do hereby Certify that the Certificate hereto annexed made by Waller Riddick, Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for the County of Henry aforesaid, is in due form, and that full faith and by the proper Officer appointed by the laws of the state aforesaid, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his official attestation, in every Court and office in the United States. Given under my hand in the County of Henry in the State aforesaid on the 1 st day of November and the Independence of the United States the 43 year
Fleming Saunders

Martinsville Va
Free
June 21 st 1821
Gen Rodp...m
1821 June 29
Washington City
The Gratiot at War
4.750 - Mar. 1819
W. Read
Martinsville
Pa
Edw. 1821

State of Virginia Henry County ss.
At a Court of Quarterly Sessions Continued and held for Henry County at the Court on the 22 nd Day of June 1821. On the day and year aforesaid personally appeared in Open Court, Thomas Fleming, a Revolutionary Pensioner a resident of the County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, oath solemnly swore that he was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th Day of March 1818, and that he had not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it or to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War bequeathed on the 18 th Day of March 1818. and that he had not nor any person in trust for him any property or security contracts or debts due to him nor any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed.
  To let An Man of the Value of  £ 10     One Bed & furniture of the Value of  6     One Pot & Tom Oven  11  13 0    10 Acres, 10 bush, 1 Plate 10 q ts Spoons all of Peter   18 11    That 8 q ts C h g 10/6 on old Ch ts 3/   11 13 6     £ 17  3 6  
Thomas Fleming
State of Virginia - Henry County ss
I W m Reed Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed is truly copied from the Records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the Value of the property in the aforesaid schedule contained is £ 17. 3. 6 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 18 th Day of June 1821
W m Reed Clerk

January 3, 1938.
Mr. Sam K. Leming Waldron Arkansas.
BA-J/ILL Ames Thomas Fleeman S. 39525
Dear Sir:
The data given herein are shown in pension claim, S. 39525, based upon service of Thomas Fleeman in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Thomas Fleeman are not shown, nor his residence at the time he enlisted in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Fleeman was enlisted by Lieutenant William Taylor of Orange County, Virginia, served as private in Captain Francis Taylor's company, Colonel Alexander Spotswood's 2 nd Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Germantown, and was discharged March 12, 1778, at Valley Forge, having served two years.
Thomas Fleeman was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1818, at which time he resided in Henry County, Virginia. He was then in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He was living in Henry County, Virginia, in 1834. The soldier made no reference to wife or children. His name wasborne on the pension roll as Fleeman.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following: Thomas Fleeman, certificate #4780, issued November 21, 1818, commenced October 5, 1818, rate $8 per month, Act of March 18, 1818, Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1938 - Jan. 3 - Hiss to Sam K. Leming - JHL
39525 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 39,525-
Thomas Helman
Pr Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 th , Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov 29 Leatherwood Nov. 28 th Tho. Fleming's app for New Car Quall
21 Nov 1818
21 Nov 1818
FREE
John L. Edwards Esq r
commissioner of pensions War Department Washington City D.C.
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New California opened on these pages Jan. 19 - 1835
28 20

Application for a new certificate
County of Henry - ss
On this 27 th day of November 1834, before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the county of Henry, personally appeared Thomas Fleeman, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person, who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Francis Taylor in the Regiment commanded by Colonel, he forgets the name in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Virginia; that he received a certificate, of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 4 th day of March 1834, at or near Leatherwood Store Virginia, he lost or mislaid it so that it cannot be found.
Thomas his Fleeman mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me } The day and year aforesaid
Geo Gravelly J.P.
County of Henry } State of Virginia }
This day personally appeared John D. Watkins and made oath, that about the 4 th day of March 1834, he had in his possession the certificate above mentioned, for the purpose of doing the necessary writing, to draw the said Fleeman's pension, then acting as agent for him, and he does not recollect of seeing the certificate since, it being mislaid, so that it cannot be found, this the 27 th day of November, 1834, and that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit
J. D. Watkins
Sworn and subscribed to before me } the day and year aforesaid
Geo Gravelly J.P.
I George Gravelly a magistrate in the county of Henry do hereby certify that, in the above affidavit of John D. Watkins, these sentences (Thus,) and that he well knows him to be the same person, described in the above affidavit, was interlined, previous to taking the oath & subscribed by him, & was understood by him, & do also certify him to be a man of veracity. Given under my hand this 27 th day of November 1834.
Geo Gravelly J.P.

I George Gravelly a Justice of the peace in the county of Henry do certify, that I have known Thomas Freeman, for upwards of thirty years, I have known of my own personal knowledge for at least nine years, that he drew a pension for services rendered the United States, in the War of the Revolution. I have been called on by S d Freeman regularly twice a year ever since, to administer the oath for drawing the same, & have frequently heard him mention the name of his Colonel, as well as the Captain, but that he does not now recollect the name, on age of his extreme old age, & the blank in the deponents affidavit, could not be filled up with the colonel's name for the reason of his not recollecting the name of his Colonel, Given under my hand this the 27 th day of November 1834 Geo Gravelly.
Virginia Henry County Set
I Anthony M. Dupuy clerk of the County Court of Henry do hereby certify that George Gravelly whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the said signatures are the genuine signatures of the said George Gravelly. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Henry Court house this 27 th day of November 1834 in the 59 th year of the Commonwealth
Anthony M. Dupuy

write back to Thomas Freeman or John Smutkins,
Leatherwood Henry Co. Va
J. D. Watkins. P.M.

January 3, 1938.
Mr. Sam K. Leming Waldron Arkansas.
BA-J/ILL Thomas Fleming-Rev. War. John Fleming-Wt. 409-400 Thomas Fleeman-S. 39525
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Colonel Thomas Fleming, 9th Virginia Regiment, and those of Thomas Fleman, Thomas Fleeman and Thomas Henry Fleming.
The record of Thomas Fleeman who served in Captain Francis Taylor's Virginia company is furnished you herewith, also, the record of Colonel Thomas Fleming and, too, that of John Fleming which, perhaps, will be of interest to you.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.